Master And Student Quotes

“If you have decided to be a master, you must continue to be a student!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Whenever an apprentice’s rising skills and talent exceeds the master’s aptitude and expertise, the understudy must move on because frequently it is too bruising for the eclipsed master’s ego to abide.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“The student asked: Can I walk on dry leaves without making a sound? The master replied: Light can do it, and shadow can do it. Which one are you? The student replied: None! Master replied: Then have fun with the sound of the leaves!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Every secret the apprentice learns, he pays for dearly. Oh yes, he pays…”
― Sean Stewart, Yoda: Dark Rendezvous

“Analytical reading is also active, of course. But when you read a book analytically, you put yourself in a relation to it of disciple to master. When you read syntopically, you must be the master of the situation. [How to Read a Book (1972), P. 309]”
― Mortimer J. Adler and Charles Van Doren

“Öğrenci sordu: Ses çıkarmadan kuru yapraklar üzerinde yürüyebilir miyim? Usta yanıtladı: Işık bunu yapabilir, gölge de yapabilir. Sen hangisisin? Öğrenci cevap verdi: Hiçbiri! Usta: O zaman yaprakların sesiyle eğlen!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“A master without students is like a tree with rotting fruits on its branches; on the other hand, a student without a master is like a tree that dries because it is not watered!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“The student asked: Master, when will wisdom visit me? The master replied: Six years later he will visit at 6:45 pm on a Wednesday! The student answered: But master, this answer didn't make much sense to me! The master answered: So is the question you asked!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“The student asked: Master, would you be angry with me if one day I become more knowledgeable than you? The master replied: I will be angry if you do not become more knowledgeable than me one day!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“The student asked: Master, no matter what I do, I can't reach my target, I'm tired, what should I do? The master replied: Set where you are currently standing as your new target and you have now reached your target! Everything ends in the mind!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“I like to have a purpose. Doesn’t everyone? Isn’t that something all people need, across space and time – Jedi or Sith, good or bad? Aren’t we all just looking for our purpose in this big, empty, dark galaxy?”
― Sam Maggs, Stories of Jedi and Sith

“Student: Master, why did you put the candles in front of the window? So that they can watch the view outside? So that they can learn to stand against the blowing wind? So that they can warm the cold wind outside? Master: I put them there just so that you can ask questions like these and exercise your mind!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Student: Master, I asked you yesterday to show me a way out of the problem I mentioned! But you still haven't! Master: I showed you! I said don't doubt that you will find a way out, this is the way out!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Student: Master, a large tree is threatening to encircle our temple building. Shall I cut it down? Master: You've misunderstood. A beautiful tree is being disturbed by our temple building. Demolish the temple! We can rebuild the temple in 3 months, but we can't create this tree in 30 years!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Disciple: Master, should I be happy when I wake up in the morning to the mystery of a foggy day or to the brightness of a sunny day? Master: Be happy that you woke up in the morning, that's more than enough!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Student: Master, I suspect you haven't taught me everything! Master: You're right to have your doubts! I've taught you what I know, and there are things I don't know, and I can't teach them to you!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Student: Master, when sleep knocks on my door, I immediately open the door and invite it in! Master: If you do this, sleep will think you love it very much and will let you sleep for a long time! Resist sleep so it doesn't always take you for granted and pounce on you at every opportunity!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Student: Master, can you tell me something funny about cliffs? Master: The deeper the cliff, the longer the person who falls into it lives!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Student: Master, one person leaves a mark in this life, it disappears after ten years, another after a hundred, or a thousand years; since all the marks we leave will vanish, why leave a mark at all? Master: To do better, to leave a more lasting mark! Leave a mark that will disappear in a million years, or a billion! We must always strive to be better than those who came before us!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Master: A terrible storm is approaching you from the only path you can take! What do you understand from this? Student: I understand that I must turn back and escape immediately! Master: You haven't understood the real message! Never in life leave yourself in a position where you can only walk on one path! Always have alternative paths to the right or left, here or there, but always! If you have only one path, you are in danger; if you have a hundred paths, you are safer!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Master: If you're going north, forget the south; if you're going east, forget the west! What do you understand from this? Student: I understand nothing, master! Master: Concentrate on where you're heading! If you're going into the rain, forget the sun; if you're going into the darkness, forget the light; if you're running into the storm, forget calmness! Embrace the spirit of the place you're heading to!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Student: Master, can you tell me something that best describes life? Master: Everything could have been so different, but it turned out exactly like this!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan